BEAUTEOUS BICOLANAS

Crowned Miss Bicolandia 2022 Rhemma Adakkoden, 21, (center) of Naga City reigned over other beauty and brains Bicolanas in the 2022 Miss Bicolandia Beauty Pageant conducted on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum. Other candidates who emerged as winners in the contest include 1st runner-up Mary Joy Darilay, 21, of Naga City; 2nd runner-up Jeanette Reyes, 24, of Pasacao, Camarines Sur; 3rd runner-up Iris Oresca, 21, of Naga City, and 4th runner-up Margarette Briton of Tabaco City, Albay. (Paulo Papa/Vic Villaflor/CEPPIO)